ويا ضارّ حال النفع عمن أردته

ويا ضارّ حال النفع عمن أردته

بضر وكشف الضر ملك الألوهة

بضر وكشف الضر ملك الألوهة

O Bringer of harm, benefit is withheld from whom You will

And O Bringer of harm, benefit has turned away from whomever You intended

to afflict; and the removal of harm is the dominion of Godhead.

to harm, and the lifting of harm belongs to divinity.

تضر فلا يعلو عليك مغير

تضر فلا يعلو عليك مغير

ولا يتقي المضرور عنك بمنعة

ولا يتقي المضرور عنك بمنعة

You bring harm, and no agent of change can prevail over You;

You inflict harm, so none who would alter it can prevail over You;

nor can the afflicted shield himself from You with any defense.

nor can the afflicted shield himself from You with any defense.

تضر جزاء وابتلاء كما تشا

تضر جزاء وابتلاء كما تشا

وذلك عدل سابق في القضية

وذلك عدل سابق في القضية

You bring harm as recompense and as trial, just as You will;

You inflict harm as recompense and as a trial, as You will,

and that is justice, preordained in the decree.

and that is justice established beforehand in the decree.

وما لسؤال العبد من فعل ربه

وما لسؤال العبد من فعل ربه

محال ولكن كلمة اللّه حقت

محال ولكن كلمة اللّه حقت

For a servant to question his Lord’s doing is

And nothing the servant asks his Lord to do

absurd; but the word of God has come to pass.

is impossible; yet God's word has come true.

وليس وجود الضر منا لقدرة

وليس وجود الضر منا لقدرة

مجردة للذات عن سبق قدرة

مجردة للذات عن سبق قدرة

Nor does harm’s existence through us arise from a power

Nor is the harm arising from us due to a power

inherent in the essence, independent of an antecedent Power.

belonging to the self, independent of a preceding power.

تبرأت من طول وحول وقوة

تبرأت من طول وحول وقوة

سوى اللّه في نفع وأي مضرة

سوى اللّه في نفع وأي مضرة

I renounce all means, might, and strength

I have renounced all might, power, and strength

apart from God, whether to benefit or cause any harm.

except God's, in benefit and in any harm.

بك الضر منك النفع والحكمة اقتضت

بك الضر منك النفع والحكمة اقتضت

حدوث القضايا في القوى السببية

حدوث القضايا في القوى السببية

Through You comes harm, from You comes benefit; and wisdom has required

Through You comes harm, from You comes benefit, and wisdom has required

that events occur through causal powers.

the occurrence of events through causal forces.

وما لقوى الأسباب فعل لذاتها

وما لقوى الأسباب فعل لذاتها

ولكنها آثار فعل وقوة

ولكنها آثار فعل وقوة

Yet the powers of causes have no action of themselves;

And causal forces have no action of their own;

they are but effects of an act and a power.

but they are effects of action and power.

الهي قد استسلمت للحكم راضياً

الهي قد استسلمت للحكم راضياً

قضاءك ملتاذاً بركن المشيئة

قضاءك ملتاذاً بركن المشيئة

My God, I have submitted contentedly to the judgment—

My God, I have surrendered to the judgment, content with

to Your decree—taking refuge in the stronghold of Your will.

Your decree, taking refuge in the pillar of Your will.

كشفت بك الضر الذي مسني بما

كشفت بك الضر الذي مسني بما

تيقنت إن اللّه كاشف كربتي

تيقنت إن اللّه كاشف كربتي

Through You I removed the harm that touched me, by what

Through You I have dispelled the harm that touched me, for

I knew with certainty: God is the reliever of my distress.

I have become certain that God relieves my distress.

وخذ بعظيم الضر نفساً جريئة

وخذ بعظيم الضر نفساً جريئة

على اللّه رجع الطرف أعظم أخذة

على اللّه رجع الطرف أعظم أخذة

And seize, with grievous harm, a soul grown audacious

And seize with grievous harm a soul that is insolent

against God—in the space of a blink, with the mightiest seizure.

toward God, in the blink of an eye, with the mightiest grip.